Building deeply human skills through innovation takes center stage as young entrepreneurs from India use AI to create a novel learning platform.

Matt and Liz open with a viral clip of a Canadian lawmaker accidentally reading ChatGPT prompt instructions aloud during an official legislative address.

The Rundown

Substack AI Detection Backlash: Writers push back against Substack integrating the Pangram AI detector over concerns of false flags.

LinkedIn AI Slop Reporting: A new tool lets users flag low quality feed content.

Rogue Vending Machine Agents: Andin Labs tests show AI models price fixing and betraying each other.

SUNY AI Faculty Protections: The State University of New York faculty union ratifies a contract barring AI from replacing professors.

Podcast Rankings Recognition: Feedspot ranks the show at the top of its AI in education list and second in EdTech.

Anthropic Slices Antique Books: AI labs face criticism for buying antique books and slicing their spines to scan clean text.

xAI Challenges Minnesota Deepfake Law: xAI files a First Amendment lawsuit against Minnesota's law penalizing nonconsensual adult deepfakes.

Common Sense Media Teen Deepfake Guide: A new resource offers parents conversation starters and the ACT framework to support teens.

Student Drafted AI Bill of Rights: High school delegates gather at to draft guidelines for AI usage in schools.

Beneath the Surface: How a Student Team from India Built an Ethical AI Learning Platform

Matt interviews 14 year old Avyaay Rathi, whose Refyn Technologies intercepts student prompts on school Wi-Fi and turns shortcuts into step-by-step tutoring.

Team Members:

Nayan Ibañez

Govind Mulchandani

Arjun Taware

Agastya Singh

The Bright Byte

Researchers at the Feinstein Institutes used a double neural bypass to help a paralyzed man regain touch and voluntary movement in his arms.

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Links

Avyaay’s Refyn Technologies

https://tinyurl.com/2d4h8z5e

https://www.instagram.com/refyn_technologies/

Substackers: AI Detection Tool Is a 'Witch Hunt'

https://tinyurl.com/2d9a3nry

LinkedIn Adds 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button

https://tinyurl.com/2d9a3nry

Claude's Ruthless Vending Machine Run

https://tinyurl.com/3njkpk2n

SUNY Contract Guards Staff Against AI Replacement

https://tinyurl.com/4vyu38rw

Best AI in Education Podcasts in 2026

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Feedspot is an RSS Reader that lets you follow your favorite podcasts alongside blogs and news in one place. and they have "RSS Reader" embedded with this link

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AI Companies Are Destroying Antique Books to Train Models

https://tinyurl.com/ynrxha6b

xAI Sues Over Minnesota 'Nudify' Ban

https://tinyurl.com/4vybm3vr

Talking to Teens About Deepfakes and Explicit Content

https://tinyurl.com/2xbm7ju4

Students Write a School AI Bill of Rights

https://tinyurl.com/3eyzj5cv

Students First Act: A Student-Led AI Policy

https://tinyurl.com/5ahsuh3f

Brain Implant Helps Paralysed Man Feed Himself

https://tinyurl.com/4t8df4fs

Politician Reads AI Prompt

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